80 pct want Tokyo Games cancelled or delayed: Japanese survey

About 80 percent of people in Japan say this year’s Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or delayed as worries mount about a record surge in coronavirus cases across the country, a Kyodo News poll showed on Sunday.

The survey found 35.3 percent want the Games to be cancelled and 44.8 percent favoured another delay. The world’s biggest multi-sports event, postponed last year due to the pandemic, is scheduled to be held from July 23-Aug 8 in the Japanese capital...